EU objects to Microsoft-Time Warner deal
Posted by malebolgia on 29 October 2004 - 19:54 · 6 comments & 726 views
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#1 Posted by vbagaria on 29 Oct 2004 - 20:08
- so everything done by microsoft is wrong? eu seems to be saying no a lot.
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#1.1 Posted by Copperhead on 30 Oct 2004 - 00:14
- Yeah the EU is bang out of order by trying to prevent one company have control of all digtal media and communication
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#2 Posted by beardly on 29 Oct 2004 - 21:01
- Is it me or does the EU seem like a bunch of bitches?
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#3 Posted by Fredde87 on 30 Oct 2004 - 00:32
- I dont really see this as a bad thing... The eu usually do make good decisions, would you really want microsoft to buy everything? Soon they will buy the rights from linus for linux and sell it....
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#4 Posted by 8-n-1 on 01 Nov 2004 - 17:38
- So there's no problem with Oracle dominating a market by buying PeopleSoft, but this is verboten?
The software giant and Time Warner asked the European Commission earlier this year for permission to acquire 50-50 ownership of U.S. firm ContentGuard, which makes technology to protect digital files from illegal copying. Digital technology is an increasingly important priority for movie and video makers, recording companies and software firms. The European Commission reviews transactions for companies which do a large portion of their business in Europe in order to protect European consumers.
The European Union executive will say in its statement Of objections it is concerned the deal could create or boost a dominant position by Microsoft in the market for digital rights management. The Commission is concerned the deal would also lead to the vertical integration of Microsoft in other markets. Companies such as Microsoft and Time Warner are investing heavily in DRM technology to protect digital content. Japan's Sony, the world's biggest consumer electronics company and also a content provider, licensed ContentGuard's DRM technology in 2002.
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